On May 10, 2007, at 17:07, Jochen Küpper wrote:
On 10.05.2007, at 23:21, Elias Pipping wrote:
by default configure.pre_args contains only the --prefix parameter, so clearing the variable completely would work, too:
configure.pre_args
Yes, it seems to work.
On May 10, 2007, at 11:06 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
MacPorts does not put the "--prefix=${prefix}" argument in the configure.args variable; it puts it in the configure.pre_args variable. Presumably you then want "configure.pre_args-delete -- prefix=${prefix}". I haven't tested this.
Where can one learn about all this stuff?
I learned it by reading part of the source code one day. I just happened to remember the pre_args bit.
If there isn't, there should really be a Wiki page with all Portfile variables. Just the names would already be helpful, although it should obviously contain an explanation in the end.
The documentation used to have that, or at least most of the useful variables. We currently have no documentation, however.